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| author = [[Parappurath]]<br />
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| publisher = [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society]]<br />
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| pages = 260<br />
| awards = 1968: [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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'''''Ara Nazhika Neram''''' (''Half an Hour Only'') is a [[Malayalam]] novel written by [[Parappurath]] in 1967. One of the most famous novels by the prolific author, it won the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] and Sahitya Pravartaka Award.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo - Volume 1|page=752|author=Amaresh Datta|year=1988}}</ref> Set in the Central Travancore region in the 1960s, the story revolved round an Orthodox Christian family headed by Kunjenachan, a ninety-year-old patriarch who lives his life by The Book. The novel had a highly successful [[Ara Nazhika Neram (film)|film adaptation with the same title]] in 1970. The film was directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and featured [[Prem Nazir]], [[Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair]], [[Sathyanesan Nadar|Sathyan]], [[K. P. Ummer]], [[Adoor Bhasi]], [[Ragini (actress)|Ragini]], [[Sheela]] and [[Ambika Sukumaran]].<ref>{{cite news | first=B. | last=Vijayakumar | date=26 July 2010 | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/ARANAZHIKANERAM-1970/article16210195.ece | title=ARANAZHIKANERAM 1970 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Main characters==<br />
* Kunjonachan, a ninety-year-old patriarch at death's door<br />
* Keevarechan, Pilipochan, Mathukutty, Kunjucherukkan - Kunjenachan's sons<br />
* Shivaramakurup (Kuruppachan) - Kunjonachan's friend<br />
* Rajan - Mathukutty's son<br />
* Deenamma - Mathukutty's second wife<br />
* Kuttiyamma - Kunjenachan's grand daughter<br />
* Shanthamma - Rajan's wife<br />
* Achen from Kozhencherry<br />
==Award==<br />
In 1996 Odia translation of same Book "Muhan-Sanjha" by Jiwan Pani got Sahitya Akademi Translation Award.<br />
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[[Category:1967 novels]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novels]]<br />
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[[Category:Novels set in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]<br />
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